Accolades for top property players

PETALING JAYA: The second StarProperty.my Real Estate Awards (SREA) was held in grand style to honour deserving negotiators and agencies in the real estate industry.

This year, the awards saw a total of 14 categories, including new categories namely Top Voted Awards, The Thriving Awards, Best Practice Awards, WOW Awards, Honourable Awards and Outstanding Video Awards.

The prestigious All-Star Agency Awards recognising exemplary real estate firms regardless of company size, transaction volume or number of negotiators was won by IQI Realty Sdn Bhd with five stars, and Chester Properties Sdn Bhd and Rina Properties Asia Sdn Bhd with three stars each.

All-Star Negotiator Awards was won by Terence Tan Chuan Soon with four stars, and Jonathan Lai and Freeman Woo with three stars each for showing exemplary leadership qualities reflecting positive agency practices that meet industry standards.

The inaugural Top Voted Awards for agencies was won by Unity Realty Sdn Bhd, IOI Realty Sdn Bhd and Total Realty Sdn Bhd.

Brunsfield International Group general manager Chow Yoke Mei, who was one of the judges of the awards ceremony, said: “For real estate agents to be better and agencies to go to the next level, they need to focus on data analytics.

“They should also be very innovative on how to reach a broader market by leveraging technology.”